Raynor HCA 2014-04
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CYRUS WEST FIELD (1819 - 1892), Famous American Industrialist, who created the Atlantic Telegraph Company and laid the first successful telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean in 1858. Autograph Letter Signed, "Cyrus W. Field & Co.," November 28, 1849, 1 page, 8” x 10,” tipped into a modern paper folder.VG This is a commercial letter with the company name is regarding the shipment of rope and the payment of the shipping charges. Unlike his later signatures which are large and bold, this early letter is signed with a distinctly more modest flair.
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